▲ 440 ▼ US Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings rise (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 years ago by GiddyGap@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world 183 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) America had an assault weapon ban previously and during that time is when school shootings actually started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pratai@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) You mean this? Could you tell us exactly what shooting you believe “started” them all? Because according to the article, lives were saved ass a result of the ban. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Columbine was the start of the modern school shooting phenomenon. To this date mass shooters, even outside of school settings, follow the blueprint they started in the 1999 assualt of a school. The tactics, motivation, and planning for Columbine seperates it from more than most of the previous civilian gun violence, and the mass shooters that follow look more like the Columbine shooters than they look like the shooters who came before them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) You mean this? Could you tell us exactly what shooting you believe “started” them all? Because according to the article, lives were saved ass a result of the ban. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Columbine was the start of the modern school shooting phenomenon. To this date mass shooters, even outside of school settings, follow the blueprint they started in the 1999 assualt of a school. The tactics, motivation, and planning for Columbine seperates it from more than most of the previous civilian gun violence, and the mass shooters that follow look more like the Columbine shooters than they look like the shooters who came before them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Columbine was the start of the modern school shooting phenomenon. To this date mass shooters, even outside of school settings, follow the blueprint they started in the 1999 assualt of a school. The tactics, motivation, and planning for Columbine seperates it from more than most of the previous civilian gun violence, and the mass shooters that follow look more like the Columbine shooters than they look like the shooters who came before them. permalink fedilink source parent